Infants chair



March 22, 1955 w ANDEREGG 2,704,567

INFANTS CHAIR Filed March 21, 1952 IN VEN TOR. ED140720 IV. ANDE'EEGG,

United States Patent '0 INFANTS CHAIR Edward Walter Anderegg, West DePere, Wis.

Application March 21, 1952, Serial No. 277,867

2 Claims. (Cl. 15510) This invention relates to infants chairs or seatsand is a continuation in part of my application, Serial No. 111,260,filed August 19, 1949, now Patent No. 2,679,282, granted May 25, 1954,for Infants Seat.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide and improvedinfants chair or seat which can be easily and conveniently mounted in avehicle, such as an automobile or railway coach, to support an infant ona vehicle seat, or can be used without change in a house to provide areadily portable seat for an infant or small child; which is ofsimplified construction and includes unitary foot formations forengaging under a vehicle seat back to retain the chair in properposition on the vehicle seat; which has a detachable back structurewhich may be removed to reduce the size of the chair for packaging andshipping and for subsequent storage; and which is simple and durable inconstruction, economical to manufacture, and neat and attractive inappearance.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a considerationof the following description and the appended claims in conjunction withthe accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an infants chair illustrative of theinvention showing an infant seated therein;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the chair showingstructural details thereof;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing the manner inwhich the chair frame engages with the seat and back cushions of avehicle seat; and

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a foot formation form ing an operativecomponent of the chair and adapted to engage under the back cushion of avehicle seat.

With continued reference to the drawing, the chair comprises, ingeneral, a frame including a pair of frame side members'10 and 11, a topframe member 12 and a back frame member 13, a base plate 14 and a fabriccover 15 detachably secured to the frame.

The frame side members 10 and 11 are formed of light metal rods bentsubstantially to the shape of a figure eight. The member 11 includes asubstantially straight top rail 16, a substantially straight bottom rail17 and substantially straight legs 18 and 19 connecting the endsof thetop rail 16 to the respectively opposite ends of the bottom rail 17 in amanner such that the top and bottom rails are substantially parallel toeach other. The crossed over legs 18 and 19'are connected to the ends ofthe top rail 16 by curved portions and the leg 18 is connected to thefront end of the bottom rail 17 also by longitudinally curved portions;The connection between the leg 19 and the rear end of the bottom rail 17is provided, however, by a looped portion 20 of the metal rod projectinglongitudinally from the corresponding end of the bottom rail 17 with itslegs contiguously disposed in side by side relationship. Intermediateits length this U-shaped or looped portion 20 is provided with anupwardly arched formation 21 and the closed end is inclined somewhatupwardly, as indicated at 22. The frame side member 10 includes the sameelements as described above in connection with the side member 11, therebeing illustrated a leg 23 corresponding to the leg 18, a bottom rail 24corresponding to the bottom rail 17 and a foot formation 25 projectinglongitudinally from the rear end of the bottom rail 24 and conforming inall respects to the foot formation 20 2,704,567 Patented Mar. 22, 1955on the rear end of the bottom rail 17 of the frame side member 11.

The base 14 may comprise a rectangular body of sheet metal having itsopposite ends rolled over the bottom rails 17 and 24 of the frame sidemembers to hold these bottom rails in spaced apart and substantiallyparallel relationship to each other. When the base plate 14 is assembledwith the frame side members the foot formations 20 and 25 extendoutwardly from the same edge of the base plate, as is particularlyillustrated in Figure l.

The top frame member 12 is a U-shaped structure of light metal rodhaving straight and substantially parallel leg portions extending alongand secured to the top rail of the frame side members 10 and 11 andhaving its arcuately curved intermediate portion extending outwardlyfrom the ends of the top rail of the frame side portions remote from thefoot formations 20 and 25. A brace bar 26 extends perpendicularlybetween the legs of the front frame member 12 intermediate the length ofthese legs and adjacent the front ends of the top rails of the frameside members.

The back frame member 13 is also a U-shaped structure of light metal rodand has angularly disposed leg portions as indicated at 27 extendingalong the top rails of the frame side members 10 and 11 and itsintermediate portion extending upwardly from the top rails of the frameside members at the rear ends of these top rails adjacent the footformations 20 and 25.

Sheet metal sleeves, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 and indicated at30, are secured one on each top rail of the side frame members 10 and 11intermediate the length of these top rails and these sleeves extendupwardly from the top rails and receive the ends of the legs of thefront frame member 12 and also the ends of the angularly offset portions27 of the legs of the back frame member 13. Split clamps, as indicated31, extend around the angularly oifset portions 27 of the legs of theback frame member and the top rails of the frame side members 10 and 11near the rear ends of the top rails and receive screws, as indicated at32 which extend through the clamps immediately below the top rails ofthe frame side members. Wing nuts, as indicated at 33, are threaded oneonto each of the screws 32 to contract the split clamps and firmlysecure the legs of the frame member 13 to the top rails of thecorresponding frame side members 10 and 11. By loosening the wing nuts33 the back frame member 13 can be removed from the frame side membersand placed between the frame side members to reduce the size of thechair for packaging and shipment and for subsequent storage ortransportation.

The foot formations 20 and 25 are formed permanently on the frame sidemembers but do not interfere in any way with the use of the chair whenthe same is being used as a portable seat in a'house or outdoor areaadjacent the house and cooperate with the back and seat cushions of avehicle seat to firmly secure the chair in proper position on the seatcushion of such a vehicle seat.

The cover 15 is formed of a suitable fabric and includes a seat portion35 having flaps, as indicated at 36, along opposite edges thereof whichflaps extend around the legs of the top frame member and the back framemember and top rails of the frame side members and are detachablysecured to the walls of the seat by snap fasteners, as indicated at 37,a doubled back portion 38 into which the curved intermediate portion ofthe back frame 13 is inserted, and a tray portion 39 marginally securedto the intermediate portion of the top frame member and to the brace rod26 by flaps, as indicated at 40 detachably secured to the wall of thetray by suitable snap fasteners, as indicated at 41.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the spirit or essential character isties thereof. The presentembodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects asillustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention beingindicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoingdescription, and all changes which come within the meaning and range ofequivalency of the claims are, therefore, intended to be embracedtherein.

What is claimed is:

1. In an infants seat, a pair of frame side members disposed in spacedapart and parallel relationship to each other and each including alength of metal wire bent to provide a straight bottom rail, a straighttop rail and crossed over struts extending one from each end of saidbottom rail to the respectively opposite ends of said top rail holdingsaid bottom and top rails in spaced apart and parallel relationship toeach other, means connected between the bottom rails of said sidemembers holding said side rails in spaced apart and substantiallyparallel relationship to each other, means connected between the toprails of said side members holding said top rails in spaced apart andsubstantially parallel relationship to each other, and extensions onsaid bottom rails at corresponding ends thereof for engagement under avehicle seat back to hold the chair in upright position on theassociated vehicle seat, each of said extensions comprising adoubled-back portion of both the bottom rail and the downward andrearwardly extending portion of a cross strut of each side member.

2. In an infants seat, a pair of frame side members disposed in spacedapart and parallel relationship to each other and each including alength of metal wire bent to provide a straight bottom rail, a straighttop rail and crossed over struts extending one from each end of saidbottom rail to the respectively opposite ends of said top rail holdingsaid bottom and top rails in spaced apart and parallel relationship toeach other, means connected between the bottom rails of said sidemembers holding said bottom rails in spaced apart and substantiallyparallel relationship to each other, means connected between the toprails of said side members holding said top rails in spaced apart andsubstantially parallel relationship to each other, and extensions onsaid bottom rails at corresponding ends thereof for engagement under avehicle seat back to hold the chair in upright position on theassociated vehicle seat, each of said extensions comprising adoubledback portion of both the bottom rail and the downwardly andrearwardly extending portion of a cross strut of each side member, saidbottom rail cross strut portions extending side by side and being formedintermediate their ends with upwardly bowed parts aligned transverselythereof.

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